Experience

Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)

• United Kingdom
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cities and Regions Lead

  • Jul 2021 - Present



Soundings

• United Kingdom
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate / Community and Stakeholder Engagement

  • Apr 2018 - Jul 2021

  Leading community and stakeholder engagement strategy and delivery on large scale planning and regeneration projects in London and the UK.

• Project Coordinator / Community and Stakeholder Engagement

  • Apr 2017 - Apr 2018



British Council

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Participatory Policy Making / Capacity Building Consultant

  • Nov 2020 - Mar 2021

  Developed and facilitated a capacity building programme in Participatory Policy Making for 30+ senior officials from Jalisco State government, the civil sector and academia. Developed and facilitated a capacity building programme in Participatory Policy Making for 30+ senior officials from Jalisco State government, the civil sector and academia.



OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

• Netherlands
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Urban Planning / Community Participation Expert Consultant

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2019

  Contributed to an Expert Consultation meeting on contested histories and public space, and measures that states could take to manage inter-ethnic tensions. Contributed to an Expert Consultation meeting on contested histories and public space, and measures that states could take to manage inter-ethnic tensions.



UCL Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP)

• United Kingdom
• Public Policy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate in City Leadership

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2017

  -conducted research on urban planning, policy and governance -managed and finalized the ESRC Urban Connections project, a global overview of urban governance, city leadership and strategic urban planning in 202 cities -worked on projects on city networking and city diplomacy, co-organized international Technical Working Group, a survey and research programme -co-organized a side-event, and part of team representing Lab on Habitat III in Quito -conducted research on urban planning, policy and governance -managed and finalized the ESRC Urban Connections project, a global overview of urban governance, city leadership and strategic urban planning in 202 cities -worked on projects on city networking and city diplomacy, co-organized international Technical Working Group, a survey and research programme -co-organized a side-event, and part of team representing Lab on Habitat III in Quito



UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)

• Kenya
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Urban Planning and Design Consultant

  • May 2015 - Nov 2016

  The Urban Planning and Design LAB is the integrative facility of the Agency where spatial planning is used as the tool coordinating economic, legal, social and environmental aspects of urban development, translating them into implementable projects through participatory processes. The LAB works at the request of national and local governments to support sustainable urban planning and development. Worked as part of core team on following projects: -Spatial Development Framework for Johannesburg 2040, South Africa -Urban Development Strategy for the Accra Region and Ningo Prampram City Extension, Ghana -Urban Planning Guidelines for Myanmar -Urban Strategy for Canaan, Haiti -Urban Strategies for Mogadishu, Gabiley and Bosasso, Somalia -Expert Group Meeting on Urban Renewal in Mexico City, Mexico -Expert Group Meeting on Urban Planning Labs in Barcelona, Spain Show less



USAID

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Urban Planning / Community Engagement Consultant

  • Apr 2013 - Nov 2016

  Worked as key urban planning consultant on a series of community-based and community-led projects throughout the years funded by USAID and Heinrich Boll Stiffung. Some outputs: -co-wrote a guidebook on urban planning for citizens -co-wrote a guidebook on organizing community-led tree censuses -co-designed and facilitated the first tree census in Macedonia (central Skopje) -facilitated a second tree census supporting a community in Skopje -designed and led capacity building workshops for planning/census for communities -wrote policy papers on institutional and planning treatment of urban greenery Show less



IUAV

• Design Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• PHD Researcher

  • Jan 2012 - Apr 2015

  Title of thesis: "Between Facts and Norms: The Dark Side of Regulatory Urban Planning. Three Urban Plans in Skopje, Macedonia" The research on the problems of regulatory urban planning, with a focus on three present day and historical urban planning case-studies in Skopje, Macedonia and the wider Eastern European and socialist and post-socialist models of planning. Title of thesis: "Between Facts and Norms: The Dark Side of Regulatory Urban Planning. Three Urban Plans in Skopje, Macedonia" The research on the problems of regulatory urban planning, with a focus on three present day and historical urban planning case-studies in Skopje, Macedonia and the wider Eastern European and socialist and post-socialist models of planning.



Politecnico di Milano

• Italy
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2014 - Feb 2015

  Followed 120+ international Master level students on two courses -Urban Planning and Design Studio -Architectural Theory and Practice Followed 120+ international Master level students on two courses -Urban Planning and Design Studio -Architectural Theory and Practice



Planum Journal of Urbanism

• Milano, Italy

• Editorial staff

  • Feb 2014 - Oct 2014

  Conducted research and wrote articles on ongoing events in urbanism Conducted research and wrote articles on ongoing events in urbanism



KL Studio

• Skopje, Macedonia

• Аrchitect

  • Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

  Worked on design and realization of residential and commercial architecture Worked on design and realization of residential and commercial architecture